diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fa23cb76..8e061d08 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ github.com/btcsuite/snappy-go v1.0.0 h1:ZxaA6lo2EpxGddsA8JwWOcxlzRybb444sgmeJQMJ
 github.com/btcsuite/snappy-go v1.0.0/go.mod h1:8woku9dyThutzjeg+3xrA5iCpBRH8XEEg3lh6TiUghc=
 github.com/btcsuite/websocket v0.0.0-20150119174127-31079b680792 h1:R8vQdOQdZ9Y3SkEwmHoWBmX1DNXhXZqlTpq6s4tyJGc=
 github.com/btcsuite/websocket v0.0.0-20150119174127-31079b680792/go.mod h1:ghJtEyQwv5/p4Mg4C0fgbePVuGr935/5ddU9Z3TmDRY=
+github.com/btcsuite/winsvc v1.0.0 h1:J9B4L7e3oqhXOcm+2IuNApwzQec85lE+QaikUcCs+dk=
 github.com/btcsuite/winsvc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jsenWakMcC0zFBFurPLEAyrnc/teJEM1O46fmI40EZs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3ff69b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// +build tools
+
+package lnd
+
+import (
+	// This is a workaround to make sure go mod keeps around the btcd
+	// dependencies in the go.sum file that we only use during integration
+	// tests and only for certain operating systems. For example, this
+	// specific import makes sure the indirect dependency
+	// github.com/btcsuite/winsvc is kept in the go.sum file. Because of the
+	// build tag, this dependency never ends up in the final lnd binary.
+	_ "github.com/btcsuite/btcd"
+)